Technical Program Manager, Robotics
Core
Serve as the Robotics point-of-contact for cross-functional partners to support the design and construction of Robotics sites, consolidating requirements and driving decisions through planning, design, construction, commissioning, and handover.
Role type
Senior Technical Program Manager (Robotics Facilities)
Builds
Robotics research and operational sites (facilities, labs, infrastructure) (via careerplan.io/jobs/fe7039ce-51e2-4cfa-9ea5-507eb7a0eee1-technical-program-manager-robotics-at-openai)
Domain
Robotics / Advanced Manufacturing / Physical Infrastructure
Required skills
Program management, requirements consolidation, stakeholder coordination, risk management, change management, technical documentation review, facility constraints analysis
Preferred skills
Experience leading technical programs with hardware and physical infrastructure, ability to reconcile competing priorities, reading technical drawings, building relationships across research/engineering/operations
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Consolidate requirements, priorities, and decisions across Robotics research, engineering, and operations teams; Translate Robotics workflows and equipment needs into documented requirements for floor layouts, utilities, network connectivity, and environmental conditions; Coordinate Robotics design reviews to ensure technical owners assess proposals and confirm requirements in project documents; Track Robotics deliverables and dependencies against project milestones, surface risks, and secure decisions; Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Security, IT, and EHS specialists to resolve issues affecting readiness; Coordinate Robotics readiness for equipment installation, moves, commissioning, and operational handover; Identify facility constraints that slow experimentation and use feedback to improve future practices
